John W. Davis

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John W. Davis was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as U.S. Solicitor General and Ambassador to the United Kingdom and later became the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee in 1924.

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instanceOf diplomat
human
almaMater Washington and Lee University
appointedBy Woodrow Wilson
barAdmission New York Bar
West Virginia Bar
burialPlace Locust Hill Cemetery, Clarksburg, West Virginia
candidateInElection 1924 United States presidential election
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1873-04-13
dateOfDeath 1955-03-24
educatedAt Washington and Lee University
Washington and Lee University School of Law
father John J. Davis NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork appellate advocacy
constitutional law
gender male
honorificPrefix The Honorable
knownFor Democratic nominee for U.S. president in 1924
service as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom
service as U.S. Solicitor General
legalSpecialty corporate law
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States)
linked to: Democratic Party
mother Anna Kennedy Davis
nativeLanguage English
nominatedFor President of the United States
numberOfArgumentsBeforeUSSupremeCourt more than 100
occupation diplomat
lawyer
politician
participatedIn Scopes "Monkey" Trial (as attorney for the defense in appeals)
placeOfBirth Clarksburg, West Virginia
placeOfDeath Charleston, South Carolina
linked to: Charleston
politicalAlignment conservative Democrat
positionHeld Member of the United States House of Representatives
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
United States Solicitor General
practiceOfLaw New York City
presidentialCandidateOf Democratic Party (United States)
religion Episcopal Church
represented West Virginia's 1st congressional district
representedClient J. P. Morgan & Co.
linked to: J. P. Morgan

large American corporations in appellate litigation
servedAs president of the American Bar Association
servedIn United States House of Representatives
spouse Grace Atherton Burleson
workedFor Davis Polk & Wardwell

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